Home Ins. Co. v. Jones

FOSTER, Justice.

This is an action on a fire insurance policy. Defendant pleaded in abatement that plaintiff had not complied with the policy requirements as to proofs of loss. To that plea plaintiff replied. In No. 2, to which demurrer was overruled, he alleged in substance that a few days after the fire a certain named agent of defendant had “authority to solicit and receive applications for fire insurance, to issue and countersign policies of fire insurance and to collect premiums thereon, all for the ’defendant, who countersigned the policy sued on, and while acting for defendant and…